#AA8EE4#AA8EE4

#AA8EE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8EE4
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 228)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 37.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 28.24, -39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 48.84, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0592 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.126 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2509, 33.4932, 77.7280)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8EE4 #C8E48E

analogous

#8E9DE4 #AA8EE4 #D58EE4

triadic

#AA8EE4 #E4AA8E #8EE4AA

tetradic

#AA8EE4 #E48E9D #C8E48E #8EE4D5

square

#AA8EE4 #E48E9D #C8E48E #8EE4D5

split-complementary

#AA8EE4 #E4D58E #9DE48E

monochromatic

#6130C8 #855DD8 #AA8EE4 #CFBFF0 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AA8EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AA8EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8EE4

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8EE4	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9CAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5afed',
    500: '#aa8ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8ee4;
$custom-light: #c5afed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70566,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8EE4

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C91C91

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8EE4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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